unedifying

• Qualifie quelque chose qui n'élève pas moralement ou intellectuellement, qui est déplaisant, dégradant ou qui ne présente pas un bon exemple.

Describes something that is unpleasant, degrading, or morally improving in a negative way.

1. Not morally or intellectually upliftingC1formal

   Failing to provide moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; often unpleasant or degrading.

   Peu édifiant

   • The documentary presented an unedifying spectacle of greed and corruption.
   • The political debate quickly descended into an unedifying exchange of insults.
   • Reading such gossip magazines is an unedifying pastime.

   Synonymesbasecorruptingdegradingdemoralizingignoblesordidunwholesome

   Antonymesedifyingimprovinginstructiveuplifting